Asia-Europe Foundation

The Asia-Europe Foundation (ASEF) is an international, non-profit organization based in Singapore that was established in 1997 by the countries of the Asia-Europe Meeting (ASEM). Its mission is to promote mutual understanding and collaboration between the people of Asia and Europe through intellectual, cultural, and people-to-people exchanges.

In its first ten years, ASEF has organised over 450 thematic-based projects in Asia and Europe, in the form of conferences, lecture tours, workshops, seminars and online platformsAsia-Europe Foundation - What We Do http://www.asef.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=18&Itemid=63. It has brought together around 15,000 direct participants and reaching out to an even wider audience in both regions.

History

In March 1996, the leaders of twenty-five countries, together with the European Commission, met in Thailand for the First Asia-Europe Meeting (ASEM). In this inaugural meeting, they agreed for the establishment of ASEF in 1997 as a central institution of ASEM's social, cultural and intellectual pillarASEM InfoBoard - About ASEM http://www.aseminfoboard.org/page.phtml?code=About_MainPillarsAsia-Europe Foundation - History...
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